Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Recovered from the memory hole...

Too bad no one was listening:
If terrorism is at the top of the American agenda -- and should be at the top of the world's agenda -- what, then, are the concrete steps we can take together to protect our common destiny. What are our common obligations? At least, I believe they are these: to give terrorists no support, no sanctuary, no financial assistance; to bring pressure on states that do; to act together to step up extradition and prosecution; to sign the Global Anti-Terror Conventions; to strengthen the Biological Weapons and Chemical Convention; to enforce the Chemical Weapons Convention; to promote stronger domestic laws and control the manufacture and export of explosives; to raise international standards for airport security; to combat the conditions that spread violence and despair.
William Jefferson Clinton, September 21, 1998, 53rd United Nations

Two hours before, the House released four hours of Monicagate videotape and thousands of pages of related documents to the press, virtually ensuring that no one paid any attention to a speech that called on all nations to "put the fight against terrorism at the top of our agenda," almost three years to the day before the 9/11 attacks.

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